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08-25-2004, 11:13 PM
Body Count's D-Roc Dies
Rhythm guitarist passes away after bout with lymphoma.
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');document.write(' <EMBED SRC="http://ads.ign.com/advertisers/xs_games/digitalhitzfactory/dhf_160x600.swf?clickTag='+dcswf_click+'" QUALITY=best'); document.write(' NAME=flashad swLiveConnect=TRUE WIDTH=160 HEIGHT=600');document.write(' TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">');document.write('</EMBED>');document.write('</OBJECT>');} else if (!(navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>=0 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("2.")>=0)){document.write('http://ads.ign.com/advertisers/xs_games/digitalhitzfactory/dhf_160x600.jpg (http://<img src=)');}//--></SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=VBScript> on error resume next ShockMode = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6")))</SCRIPT><NOEMBED>http://ads.ign.com/advertisers/xs_games/digitalhitzfactory/dhf_160x600.jpg (http://<img src=)</NOEMBED><NOSCRIPT>http://ads.ign.com/advertisers/xs_games/digitalhitzfactory/dhf_160x600.jpg (http://<img src=)</NOSCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>August 19, 2004 - Dennis Miles, better known throughout the music community as D-Roc, rhythm guitarist of Ice-T's (http://music.ign.com/objects/499/499483.html) Body Count rock
band, passed away August 17th, 2004, due to complications from lymphoma. He was 45.
In the company of friends and family members, D-Roc passed at City of Hope hospital in Duarte, California, at approximately 3:15 a.m. Miles is survived by daughter Paris, stepdaughter Kianna and family in Los Angeles.
D-Roc, whose driving guitar energy provided Body Count's musical pulse, was joined in the group by Ice-T (http://music.ign.com/objects/499/499483.html), Ernie-C (lead guitar), Mooseman (bass) and Beatmaster V (drums).
"D Roc was the backbone of the Body Count sound he went to school with Ernie and I and for me it was great to bring friends from my childhood along to share in success. Words cannot explain how much we will miss D Roc more as a friend than as a band member," says Ice-T.
D Roc was best known for sporting a hockey mask that hid his face from view. "He didn't want to be a star," says Ernie-C, who went to high school with D-Roc in Los Angeles. "He didn't want people to know his face. He just enjoyed playing the music. He didn't want to get caught up in the hype of being a star. I remember him always having a lot of energy and just really being positive. He always wanted to play, more than anyone. He was honest and had a commitment to being a friend."
D-Roc's passing is the latest Body Count tragedy. Beatmaster V passed in 1996 due to complications from leukemia and Mooseman was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in 2000 while visiting his mother in South Central Los Angeles. Mooseman was not the intended target.
Body Count's lineup has been evolving throughout the years, something Ernie-C says will continue. "We will carry on the band in some form," Ernie-C says. "I don't know if it will be Body Count, but in some form, Ice and I will always play together.
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Damn :(
Rhythm guitarist passes away after bout with lymphoma.
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band, passed away August 17th, 2004, due to complications from lymphoma. He was 45.
In the company of friends and family members, D-Roc passed at City of Hope hospital in Duarte, California, at approximately 3:15 a.m. Miles is survived by daughter Paris, stepdaughter Kianna and family in Los Angeles.
D-Roc, whose driving guitar energy provided Body Count's musical pulse, was joined in the group by Ice-T (http://music.ign.com/objects/499/499483.html), Ernie-C (lead guitar), Mooseman (bass) and Beatmaster V (drums).
"D Roc was the backbone of the Body Count sound he went to school with Ernie and I and for me it was great to bring friends from my childhood along to share in success. Words cannot explain how much we will miss D Roc more as a friend than as a band member," says Ice-T.
D Roc was best known for sporting a hockey mask that hid his face from view. "He didn't want to be a star," says Ernie-C, who went to high school with D-Roc in Los Angeles. "He didn't want people to know his face. He just enjoyed playing the music. He didn't want to get caught up in the hype of being a star. I remember him always having a lot of energy and just really being positive. He always wanted to play, more than anyone. He was honest and had a commitment to being a friend."
D-Roc's passing is the latest Body Count tragedy. Beatmaster V passed in 1996 due to complications from leukemia and Mooseman was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in 2000 while visiting his mother in South Central Los Angeles. Mooseman was not the intended target.
Body Count's lineup has been evolving throughout the years, something Ernie-C says will continue. "We will carry on the band in some form," Ernie-C says. "I don't know if it will be Body Count, but in some form, Ice and I will always play together.
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Damn :(